City size comparison

compared to

Chicago is about 2.8 times smaller than Houston.

Houston is approximately 1,659 sq km, while Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, making Chicago 35.56% the size of Houston.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Houston vs. Chicago uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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